Role: Cassandra DBA
Location: Fort Worth, TX – (Hybrid - **Locals only)
Duration: 1 Year + Extensions
Looking for a Database Administrator (DBA) contractor for staff augmentation purposes to help manage its NoSQL database environment. The position will be responsible for defining, implementing and maintaining our physical Cassandra databases for the enterprise. Candidate should possess extensive knowledge of all aspects of Cassandra including monitoring and performance tuning. Knowledge & experience with other NoSQL and RDBMS database technologies is a plus.
Qualifications:
o B.S. degree from an accredited university.
o Two or more year’s total experience as a physical DBA in the Cassandra platform.
o Strong understanding of the Cassandra data model and architecture including installation, configuration of a cluster.
o Strong understanding of the complex inner workings of Cassandra, such as the gossip protocol, hinted handoffs, read repairs, Merkle trees, and Staged Event-Driven Architecture (SEDA).
o Strong understanding of what Replicas are, replica Placement Strategies, Partitions, Snitches, Dynamic Ring Participation, and Security within Cassandra.
o Five or more years of total experience as a physical DBA in a major RDBMS technology.
o Two or more years of total experience in SQL.
o Two or more years of experience in database/application performance tuning and monitoring tools.
o Experience in database problem identification, problem diagnosis and resolution.
o Experience in building data architecture models and enforcing enterprise architecture standards and guidelines.
o Experience in implementing database high availability solutions.